VALLE TH 210 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Deaf Theater West - (answer)Non profit sign language theater based in Los Angeles.
Types of theater conventions - (answer)slow motion.
soliloquy (a solo speech by an actor that gives an insight into what they are thinking)
adding narration.
use of an 'aside' (when a character directly addresses the audience to comment within a scene)
breaking into song (as in Musical theatre)
using a chorus to comment upon the action.
What is theatre? - (answer)Art, Live, Collaborative, Performance, Communication, Storytelling, Business
Theater Etiquette - (answer)Dress for the occasion. ...
Be on time. ...
Go to the restroom before you sit down, or at the intermission, not during the performance. ...
Unwrap any cough drops or candy before the show begins. ...
Do not fidget. ...
Keep your shoes on.
Conventional theatre - (answer)enacted as if it is in a room, three walls are physical - the stage's - and
the fourth is between the actors and the audience.
Unconventional theatre - (answer)The presentation of live performance to an audience who could be
seated, standing or promenade (walking around), who are accommodated (present) in an area
essentially different to an area in which traditional live perfor- mance is presented
Immersive Theatre - (answer)designed to make audience an active, rather than a passive, participant
promenade - (answer)when the audience move from place to place during the performance
, VALLE TH 210 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sleep No More - (answer)Retelling of Macbeth through a surrounding, immersive experience with no
dialogue
willing suspension of disbelief - (answer)audience practice of willingly accepting the content before
them as real
Breaking conventions - (answer)doing something directly against the flow of the play
4th Wall/Breaking - (answer)Convincing people they are watching something real requires hypnosis, and
when you break the fourth wall, you call attention to this hypnosis.
Seance - (answer)an aspect of mentalism that purports to give its audiences the feeling of contacting the
spirits of the dead,
Presentational acting - (answer)the actor acknowledges the audience
Representational acting - (answer)he audience is studiously ignored and treated as voyeurs.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave - (answer)explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and Truth.
Shadows play a role in the illustration of our ability, or inability to be freed from illusion through wisdom
and reason.
Apollonian - (answer)harmony, progress, clarity, logic and the principle of individuation
Dionysian - (answer)Disorder, intoxication, emotion, ecstasy and unity
Reason vs. Chaos - (answer)Need to create a balance between the two in order to establish harmony.
Concept of Duality
Deaf Theater West - (answer)Non profit sign language theater based in Los Angeles.
Types of theater conventions - (answer)slow motion.
soliloquy (a solo speech by an actor that gives an insight into what they are thinking)
adding narration.
use of an 'aside' (when a character directly addresses the audience to comment within a scene)
breaking into song (as in Musical theatre)
using a chorus to comment upon the action.
What is theatre? - (answer)Art, Live, Collaborative, Performance, Communication, Storytelling, Business
Theater Etiquette - (answer)Dress for the occasion. ...
Be on time. ...
Go to the restroom before you sit down, or at the intermission, not during the performance. ...
Unwrap any cough drops or candy before the show begins. ...
Do not fidget. ...
Keep your shoes on.
Conventional theatre - (answer)enacted as if it is in a room, three walls are physical - the stage's - and
the fourth is between the actors and the audience.
Unconventional theatre - (answer)The presentation of live performance to an audience who could be
seated, standing or promenade (walking around), who are accommodated (present) in an area
essentially different to an area in which traditional live perfor- mance is presented
Immersive Theatre - (answer)designed to make audience an active, rather than a passive, participant
promenade - (answer)when the audience move from place to place during the performance
, VALLE TH 210 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sleep No More - (answer)Retelling of Macbeth through a surrounding, immersive experience with no
dialogue
willing suspension of disbelief - (answer)audience practice of willingly accepting the content before
them as real
Breaking conventions - (answer)doing something directly against the flow of the play
4th Wall/Breaking - (answer)Convincing people they are watching something real requires hypnosis, and
when you break the fourth wall, you call attention to this hypnosis.
Seance - (answer)an aspect of mentalism that purports to give its audiences the feeling of contacting the
spirits of the dead,
Presentational acting - (answer)the actor acknowledges the audience
Representational acting - (answer)he audience is studiously ignored and treated as voyeurs.
Plato's Allegory of the Cave - (answer)explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and Truth.
Shadows play a role in the illustration of our ability, or inability to be freed from illusion through wisdom
and reason.
Apollonian - (answer)harmony, progress, clarity, logic and the principle of individuation
Dionysian - (answer)Disorder, intoxication, emotion, ecstasy and unity
Reason vs. Chaos - (answer)Need to create a balance between the two in order to establish harmony.
Concept of Duality
